Electric-light bath appliance.



E. COLLINS.

ELECTRIC LIGHT BATH APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED MAE. 5, 1908.

Patented June 8, 1909.

; struction being The hood is supported u EMMONS COLLINS, OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ELECTRIC-LIGHT BATH APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Application filed March 5, 1908. Serial No. 419,242.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, EMMoNs COLLINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric-Light BathAppliances, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in I electric light bath appliances, and has for its salient o ject to provide an apparatus of the character described which is simple in construction, portable and readily employed in the home.

In the drawing wherein I have illustrated J I an embodiment of m invention; Figure 1 illustrates the use of t e apparatus embodying my invention; Fig. 2 shows the bath hood in tilted position; Fig. 3 is a sectional view therethrough; Fig. 4 is a detail of a convenient structural feature, and; Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view of the electric circuit connections.

In general my invention contemplates the provision of an arched reflecting 00d of a. portable nature, of size and construction adapted to substantially cover the body of a erson in a recumbent position,'said hood being provided with su porting legs, and carrying on its under reflecting side rows of electric lam s and convenient switching mechanism t erefor;

In the specific construction shown 10 indicates in general the hood of substantially semi-circular shape in cross section, preferably constructed of an aluminum reflector sheet 11, as an under face, underlain and supported by framing arches or ribs 12, transversely disposed and overlain by longitudinal separated slats 13-13 of suitable number, preferably five, arranged with two i slats following the lower edges of the hood, one along the top of the arch' and two intermediate the top and bottom, the entire conpreferably covered in any| as by a canvas facing 14.

on the four legs 15, the hood, each con- 1 suitable manner disposed at the corners o nected thereto by a pivot be secured in vertical screw 17, the removal of which frees the leg to be swun sidewise in parallelism with its connected s at. I

Upon the under side of 16 and adapted to I position by a thumb I the reflector are arranged rows of electric incandescent lamps, the rows in the construction shown under-i y {any suitable electric fixture in the room.

lying the three on converging lines, there being in the embodiment shown five lamps in each of the outer the middle row, the lamp being taken by which the lamps rows and four lamps in place of the rear end a connecting socket 19 may be connected with or convenient wiring of the device and ready control of the lights, the Wires may be run to the front end of the hood, and there divided into three parallel branches for the three respective rows of lamps, each branch being controlled by a switch 20 arranged near the head end of the hood for convenient accessby the user.

A convenient construction electric wires is illustrated in Fig. 4, from which it will be seen that each slat 13 may be made up of two partsfitted together, the under part being provided with a suitable series of grooves 21 for the reception of the Wires, the transverse wiring being conveniently carried in a groove 22 in the front end rib 12.

In the use of'the invention the user lies upon a bed, with his body from the shoulders down beneath the hood, and with the hood covered over with a blanket to confine the heat and light, and then he turns on the electric lamps, regulating the amount of light and heat as desired, by manipulation of the switches 20.

It will be observed that the construction described is such that the user is not brought into too close proximity to the electric lamps, for comfort, the light being radiated or reflected from said lamps or the reflectin surface upon the users further observed that the construction is such as to permitv of the patient being rubbed or massaged while undergoing the treatment, the open ends of the hood and the spaces be- I tween the legs thereof permitting an attendant to give the desired treatment without uncovering any substantial part of the apparatus or permitting the escape of heat to any substantial degree.

While I have herein described in some detail a specific construction embodyin my invention, it will be apparent to those s 'lled in the art that numerous changes in the specific details might be made without departure from the spirit and scope of my in- Having thus described my invention, what person, and it Wlll be for running the 2- 924,040 I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patto be moved'into positions parallel with the length thereof substantially as described. 15

ent is Iii an electric light bath apparatus, an In testimony whereof I hereunto set my arched reflector, transverse ribs underlying 1 hand in the presence of two witnesses. 5 said reflector and longitudinal slats overlying EMMONS COLLINS.

said reflector, electric lamps carried on the In the presence of under side of said reflector and supporting GEO. T. MAY, Jr., legs pivoted to said apparatus and adapted i MARY F. ALLEN. 

